Seat for equalizing bars



May 29, 1928.

l. A. RANDEL SEAT FOR EQUALIZING BARS Filed April 18, 1927 Patented May 29,1928.

Ivan A. w rm, or cnrcneo, rumors.

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Application filed A ril is;

i This invention relates to railway trains,

andrnore particularly to seats for equaliz; ingbars. he principal object of the invention is theprovision of new andimproved means for maintainlng the equalizing bars on railway trucks in a horizontal posit on at a substantially predetermined distance ffrorn the rails.

Afurther object of the invention the of railway wheels that ischeap to nia'nufae is not 11 a and 10 l often happens that the tires on some of the 7 ture, simple in constructiomeasily installed or changpd as occasion may require and that ely to become broke n'or get out of.

order.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will. appear from thefollowing description; taken in connection with the accompanying drawings; in which Fig. 1 is a vertical section ofa portion of a railway car truck showing my invention in position thereon, with parts removed for thesakeof clearness;

Fig. 2 isa top plan view of Fig. 3 is a bar seat; y n Fig. 4; is a section on line 4-4 of 3;

l a journal box; top plan view of an equalizing Fig; 5 is a; transversesection'of a portion thereon. v a

In; supporting trucks for railway cars, it

wheels will wear faster than on" others, which will cause the load equalizing bars to rest .unevenly on their supporting seats whereby thejournal boxes will become tilt ed, thereby causing considerable friction between the boxes and the sides of the pedes theequalizer bars due to the unequal thick-. nesses of'the wheel tires does not properly distribute the load. because of theelfect ive shortening of the lever effect of the equalizer bars. In. other words, when'one end of the equalizer'bar is higher than the other; due to the unequal wear on tlie tires, the seat members will engage the higher end ter line of said box. 9 of a car wheel with the gauge in position 1921f ls r al no 184,481.

portion of the equalizer bar at a distance froin the end whereby the load. will not be properly distributed on said bars.

The present invention seeks to avoid this difliculty by providing a plurality otinter changeable equalizer scat members of varyin thicknesses. 1

iteferring now to the drawings, in which the numeral 10 designates generally a six"- Wheeltruckot any approved C()I1Sl;l'll0l'10l1. Thewheel piece oft-he truck frame 1S shown 1,671,743- UNITED stares; PATENTOFF at 11., to which is attached what for con-.

'lvenience of description will be termed the front, li' termediate and rear pedestals l2,

13 and 14 respectively. Each pedestal is providedwith depending legs 15 and 1.6 between which are slidablyimounted the front,

intermediate and rear journal boxes 1.7, 18

and 19 res ectively. The pedestal tie bar-21 connects tie lower ends of the legs of the pedestal as is common in such constructions;

Axles 22 journaled in the boxes 1.7, 18 and 19 are provided with.the front, intermediate and rear car wheels 23, 24 and 25 respective ly as is usual in Such constructions.

In order to resiliently support the truck frame 10"11'011'1 the axles 22, equalizing bars 26 and 27 are employed. Each ofthese bars issubstantially U-shaped with its ends extending in opposite directions. The outer ends 28 and 29 of thebars 26 and 27 extend over the'journal boxes17 and 19 respectively and are supported thereby. The inner ends 31 and 32 0f the bars 26 and 27 respectively exteudover the journal box 18 and are in engagement with each other Suitable springs 33 and 34 are adapted to support the truck fraine from the bars 26 and 27 respectively. In order that the journalf'boxes shall support substantially equal weights the' spring' seat for the spring 33 isattached to the equalizin bar 26 at a thirrl otthedistance between tiefront and'inter mediate axles; and the spring-34 is placed at intermediate axles. tab "or guides. Furthermore, the tilting'ofv The structilre thus far described maybe t'ri lCkS.

at the vertical cen- I athird of the'distancebetween the rear and [It is well known that the tires of the I wheels of a truckdo not wear away evenly.

On some of the wheelstliey will wear much which the tire 35 of the front wheel 23 is worn most, the tire 36 of the rear wheel the least, and the tire 37 of the intermediate wheel slightly less than the tire of the imnt wheel. It is evident that if the equalizing bar seats for supporting the ends of the e ualizing bars from the journal boxes be oi the same thickness, one end of the truck frame will be closer to the tracks than the other. In other words, the axle of the front wheel would be nearer the tracks than axle of the intermediate Wheel, and consequently the front end 28 of the equalizin bar 26 would engage the front edgeonly o the journal box 17 which would cause top of the journal box to tip forwardly,

t thereby creating friction between the journal-box and the jaw of the pedestal and interfering with the free vertical movement of said journal box. Likewise the rear end 31 of the equalizing bar 36 would engage the upper front edge of the journal box'l8, thereby causing the upper end of the same to tip forwardly and interfere with the free movement of the journal box in the jaw of the pedestal'13'. i

Furthermore, when the parts are in this position the distance between the bearin point on the end 28 and. the spring 33 vi 1 be greater than-one third. the distance between the spring33 and the bearing. point on the end 31 of the equalizing bar 26, consequently the journal 18 will. be supporting more than its proportionate part of the load. In order that the journal boxes shall be free to slide vertically in the jaws of. the pedestals. it is desirable that means be rovided for maintaining the upper ends 0 the equalizin bars substantially in a horizontal plane. n the present invention thisis accomplished by providingv equalizing. bar seats of varying thicknesses which are adapted to compensate for the decrease in radius of the wheels due to the Wearing of the tires. As shown, a plurality of equalizing bar seats or blocks A, B, C andD ape employed for this purpose. These blocks are so constructed. that they interlock with the tops of the journal boxes so thatthey will be held'in proper position thereon. Any suitable means may be provided for this purpose. As shown, the tops of the journal boxes are provided with the angular flanges 38, see Fig. 2, and with depression! 39 at each side of the box. Theblocks are each provided with lateral extensions 41 and 42 which are adapted tofit in the spaces 43 and 44 between the angular flanges 38 on the journal boxes. They are also proyi'ded with depending lips or flanges 4:5 for engaging the depressions 39.

A rib 40 is also provided for engaging a corresponding recess 50in the outerends of the bars 26 and. 27 for providing a supporting fulcrum and for preventing endwise all that is necessary,

movement of said bars. lit the inner ends of the bars 26 and 27 the recess for receiving the rib 40 is partly in one and partly in the other. As shown, the inner end of the bar 26 is provided with a recess 51 which with the recess 52 in the inner end of thebar 27, forms a recess for receiving said rib 40.

In the operation of the device, when the tire of any of the wheelsbeeomes worn so that the tops of the seats are no longer in; the same horizontal plane the car framei's jacked up, the seat removed and;

seat inserted.

Any suitable, number oi sizes be empIo. ed. OnIy four are shown, but these are y way of example only.

,In Fig, 5 is shown a gauge for determining the size block to employ. As showmthe gauge 46 comprises the standard 47 having the graduations 48 thereon. These graduations may be indicated b the, letters A, B, C and D for indicating t esize block tov be employed. The gaugeisalso providedwith a return bend 49 for engaging the, tread surface of the tire. As shown in this figure, thetire is worn butslightly and block A is The blocks or equalizing bar C and D are. graduated in thickness the block A being the thinnest and the one that is used. with new wheels, and the bl nk D being the thickest. and the one that; is'used when the tiresare' worn the most.

While I have showma six wbeeltrudr with my invention in position thereon, it is understood that this arrangement is by; way of example only and: my inventionis appli cable to trucks having a greater or lessnum ber of wheels. Inall eases, the-objectis to keep the ends of. the equalizing bars in a substantiallyhorizontal plane whereby. each of the joumal boxes" wilbnot only support.

its equal share of the load, but will alsmbe free to slide verticallyi-n-the jaw oi the corresponding pedeaal, a i

It is thought from the foregoing taken-in connection with the accompanying drawings that the construction and operation of my device will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and; that various changes in size, shape, proportion and detailed construction may bemade withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the eppended elaime I elaim asmy inventiol=- 1-. In combination, at railwwytmcl! com prising front, rear andintermediate wheels at one side of. said truck, said wheelsham ing tires of diflerent thiicknesses, a; journal box for each wheel, each box being. provided with angular!- fiangesspacedapart stench end thereof and having recesses in each side between said flanges, an' equalizing bar-he tween the front and. intemnerfiate wheels and one between the rear and intermediate wheels, 'a removable seat for supporting the ends of said bars, said seats being of different thicknesses to compensate for the differ wardly and outwardly extending projec tions for engaging in said recesses.

2. An equalizer seat comprising a block having flanges and extensions on its bottom 10 and edges for interlocking with corresponding depressions \and notches in a. journal box, andia fulcrum projection on its upper surface.

V In testimony whereof I afli my Si mute.

IVAR A. RA EL. 

